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We know glass, we love glass As a global leader in hollow glass and flat glass processing technology, we have been helping to shape one of the most beautiful and useful materials in the world for over 60 years. Its unique qualities, combined with the passion for technology and innovation, guide us in seeking for newer and more effective solutions to improve and expand its use.

Automation During the last decade, Bottero has made significant investments in Automation, bringing innovative solutions in the Glass Industry and applying Industry 4.0 principles in a continuous product evolution, targeted to the automatic control and optimization of the production process. Thanks to advanced automation techniques and Machine Learning-based approaches, Bottero developed closed-loop control systems, based on data coming from state-of-the-art sensors, able to automatically control the most critical areas of the forming process, stabilizing the production and optimizing the performance....

Bottero Integrated Automation Platform • Full standardization of HW components, SW modules and communication interfaces • Unique, integrated development platform putting together: • Supervisory platform with open interface toward external Systems • Wide configuration capability of timing special cycles • Tier 1 closed-loop controls (DFS, GWC for BB, Servo Plunger, Prop. Valves 2.0, MWM) • Process view closed-loop controls (BoX) Configuration of timing Special Cycles Open Supervisory Platform • Bottero proprietary language to program and customize Timing Special cycles. • Robust and easier safety...

Tier 1 closed-loop controls Dynamic Forming System (DFS) • For both BB and NNPB productions. • Integrated THD (Tube Height Device) and PAC (Plunger Adjustment Control). • Full stroke plunger motion tracking in NNPB. • Integrated Weighing Station for BB. Vertical & Horizontal Plunger Adjustment. Servo Plunger integrated with DFS Fully integrated with DFS to implement gob weight control functionalities without the need of position sens. DFS: Plunger Motion Control System to automatically regulate the pressure profile (duration and pressure levels) of the proportional valves controlling the plunger...

Tier 1 closed-loop controls Bottero Proportional Valves 2.0 Multi Weight Manager Application • Closed loop on the output pressure based on a dedicated sensor. • Response repeatability and precision of the output pressure • Response homogeneity among different valves • Better precision of the control at low pressure • Two valve types • Cost reduction of spare parts management • Possibility to electronically configure the valve type (flow or pressure). • Tool to support setup and control of productions with multiple weight articles. • Optional plug-in of Bottero servo feeder. • The variable gob...

Process View closed-loop controls The ‘’process-view closed loop control’’ represents a key evolutionary step: from tier1 loops (in charge to control sub-processes) to systems looking at the forming process from a higher level perspective, of which BoX is a unique example, putting the produced containers at the center of the measuring processes at the Hot-End. The ‘’process-view closed loop control’’ represents a key evolutionary step: from tier1 loops (in charge to control sub-processes) to systems looking at the forming process from a higher level perspective, of which BoX is a unique example,...

The Box Platform Goals of Vertical Glass Distribution Control On line infra-red images of containers at the hot end The BoX controls and maintains the vertical glass distribution under continuously changing operational conditions (due to the environment and to the production process): • Feeder temperature & pull changes • Glass conditions changes • Temperature changes • Blank heat transfer changes (new Blank) • Blank swabbing • Section stop/start BoX effects on VGD • Less VGD variations on single containers • Less VGD variations over time (process variations) 48% less variation in glass distribution...

The Box Platform BoX vs. Blank Temperature control • Less VGD variations between different sections • All bottles with the same glass distribution profile VDG variation per section with Box not active The blank temperature control implemented by the BoX is based on the effects observed on the produced containers, thus to enforce the overall control of the Vertical Glass Distribution. BoX keeps constant the vertical glass distribution, not just the blanks temperature Box on GD variations due to pure blank temperature control. Hollow Glass Technology > Copyright © BOTTERO S.p.A. GD variations due...

Evolution of the BoX concept The BoX platform is evolving to embrace a wider set of automatic controls and applications, putting together Process knowledge, sensors and measures on the most critical process areas, taking advantage from modelling and simulation techniques to create new models for automatic controls, using industrial automation to implement them as part of the Bottero automation platform and create a global system to control and optimize the production process. Modelling and Simulation tools and techniques Industrial Automation Process knowledge Global control of the production...

Machine Learning: definition of the process model The Big Data approach has the purpose to analyze measurements and data to learn the optimal process behavior, in particular: 1. Identify the key process parameters that most affect the final results in terms of: • Correlation between HE data measurements (gob and parison data, IR measures, …) • Geometrical characteristics of containers (weight, shape, verticality, etc.) • Glass thickness distribution • Major defects • … 2. Find out the optimal correlation between HE and CE data and measurements The Process Control system receives as input HE data...